Anhinga: Johnson (South) – An Anhinga was spotted soaring over Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge in Johnson County on June […]
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Category: IOS
IORC Update – 31 May 2018
The Illinois Ornithological Records Committee (IORC) in late January concluded evaluations of 27 records of occurrence of rare birds in […]
Read More → IOS Field Trip Report – Mississippi Palisades
On May 12, IOS sponsored a field trip to Mississippi Palisades State Park and nearby wildlife areas near Savanna (Carroll […]
Read More → Rare Bird Alert – 22-May-2018
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck: Williamson (South) – A pair of Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks was spotted on a private farm pond in Herrin, Williamson […]
Read More → A Guide to Recording Birds by Matt Wistrand
A few years back, I was looking for a LeConte’s Sparrow that had been reported at Prairie Green in Kane […]
Read More → Smith’s Longspur Field Trip Report
Let’s see…. Foggy, raining, and cold after our first two gorgeous spring days of 2018 here in Illinois?? It can […]
Read More → Rare Bird Alert – 21-Apr-2018
Tufted Duck: Brown (South) – Bob Randel found the state’s fourth Tufted Duck at Spunky Bottoms in Brown County on […]
Read More → Loonapaloonza 2018 Field Trip Report
Twenty-six intrepid observers participated in the third Loonapaloonza mini-coach tour of some lakes in both McHenry and Lake counties. Bagels, […]
Read More → Birds of Southern Illinois
In 1996, W. Douglas Robinson published Southern Illinois Birds: An Annotated List and Site Guide, a resource that documented the […]
Read More → Join the MOON Team!
Where have all the whip-poor-will’s gone? This is a common question I am confronted with. I think it is a […]
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